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CHEM 2241

Honors Organic Chemistry I · 10 instructors on record · 15 sections

What the course score is made of

76BC evaluations15 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2021 – Fall 2025

—Student reviewsno reviews — does not contribute

—RateMyProfessorsno ratings — does not contribute

That is the class itself, averaged across everyone who taught it. Who taught it, and how each of them scored, is the board below — that is what a student picking a section is actually choosing between.

What the challenge rank is made of

87thMore challenging than 87% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

97BC — “Intellectually Challenging”15 records · raw score out of 100

Boston College's own “intellectually challenging” question for this class only — students answer it positively about courses that stretched them, so it measures intellectual challenge and NOT grading, workload or quality. Almost every BC class scores high on it, which is why it is shown as a rank rather than a score.

What the workload rank is made of

78thMore work than 78% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

60BC — “Workload”15 records · raw score out of 100

Boston College reports workload for this class only as one of five bands, not as a number of hours, and it does not publish what the bands mean — so this site will not translate it into hours. Higher means more work, which is not the same as worse.

This course is a continuation of the CHEM1117-1118 honors sequence and will concentrate on the structure, bonding, and reactivity of organic compounds. Particular emphasis will be placed on stereochemistry, conformational analysis, reaction mechanisms, principles of organic synthesis, and modern spectroscopic methods.

The board

10 instructors · ranked on this class onlyCompare the top 3

Scores are real averages. The order also accounts for how many records back each one — the count is under every score — so one perfect review does not outrank a semester of them. 2 of the 10 rows carry a mark saying so.

Rank	Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge	RMP overall
1	Trevor KubenikChemistry Provisional	992 records	25th	93rd	—no page
2	Michael BerwangerChemistry Provisional	962 records	—	—	—no page
3	Holly DeakChemistry Provisional fewer records	991 record	78th	71st	8834 ratings · all classes
4	James MorkenChemistry Provisional	951 record	—	—	1004 ratings · all classes
5	Mariah TedderChemistry Provisional	882 records	85th	79th	—no page
6	Marc SnapperChemistry Provisional	841 record	—	—	6817 ratings · all classes
7	Shih-Yuan LiuChemistry Provisional	841 record	78th	93rd	—no page
8	William FilkinChemistry Provisional	812 records	39th	85th	—no page
9	Jeffery ByersChemistry Provisional fewer records	621 record	78th	93rd	—no page
10	Xiao-Xiang ZhangChemistry Provisional	642 records	85th	85th	—no page

How this board is orderedPositions account for how many records stand behind each number, so one perfect review does not outrank a semester of them. Every score shown is the real average — only the ordering is adjusted. The comparison here is the class itself: a thin record is read against how this class was rated overall, not against the university.

Every instructor with an evaluation record for this class is on this board — it is not a top ten, and nothing is hidden behind a “show more”. Overall is the instructor's blended score for THIS class only, and its one contributing source is Boston College's evaluations for the sections in the row's record count — nothing on this board is an average across the other things they teach. Workload and Challenge are RANKS against every class we hold, not scores: BC's questions all sit near the top of the 1-5 scale, so a raw number would put almost every row in the high eighties and tell you nothing. Challenge is BC's “intellectually challenging” item, which students answer positively about courses that stretched them — it is not a measure of difficulty or grading. Neither column is ever marked better or worse. 10 of 10 rows are marked provisional: fewer than 3 records stand behind the number. That is thin evidence, not a bad instructor — the record count is in every row. The RateMyProfessors column is an instructor's overall figure across everything they teach; that site has no course dimension, so it is shown for information and kept out of the ranking.

The line

All 13 items · means across 15 records

The Professor4 items

Clearly Explains MaterialThe instructor was effective at creating an understanding of difficult subject matter.

9132nd pctl

Available Outside of ClassThe instructor was available for help outside of class.

9346th pctl

Brings Out Your Best WorkThe instructor motivated me to do my best work.

9028th pctl

Sparked My InterestThe course stimulated my interest in the subject matter.

9128th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

8623rd pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

8623rd pctl

Useful Beyond the CourseWhat I learned is applicable beyond this course.

8718th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

8518th pctl

Gives Feedback PromptlyI received feedback on my work in a timely manner.

9464th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

9359th pctl

Workload, difficulty & attendanceNot ratings

WorkloadHow much work the course took outside class, on Boston College's five-band scale — the band boundaries are not published, so this is not a number of hours.

6078th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

9787th pctl

Attendance MattersAttending class was necessary to do well in this course.

8727th pctl

Bar length is the rank against every comparable record we hold, not the raw score: BC's questions all have a median around 4.5, so a raw-scale bar would be nearly full on every row and would tell you nothing. Every bar is one ink colour — nothing here is graded green or red. The hatched bars are not ratings at all: a higher number on either describes a different course, not a better one.

Game log

15 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Holly Deak	Fall 2025	01	99	86	60
Trevor Kubenik	Fall 2025	02	100	96	—
Trevor Kubenik	Fall 2025	03	98	84	40
Xiao-Xiang Zhang	Fall 2024	01	71	67	60
William Filkin	Fall 2024	02	85	72	40
William Filkin	Fall 2024	03	76	62	60
James Morken	Fall 2023	01	95	90	—
Marc Snapper	Fall 2023	01	84	90	—
Michael Berwanger	Fall 2023	02	93	83	—
Michael Berwanger	Fall 2023	03	99	94	—
Xiao-Xiang Zhang	Fall 2022	01	56	57	80
Mariah Tedder	Fall 2022	02	89	71	80
Mariah Tedder	Fall 2022	03	86	72	60
Jeffery Byers	Fall 2021	01	62	61	60
Shih-Yuan Liu	Fall 2021	01	84	61	60

How to read this boardInstructors are ranked on their record in this class only, never on their average across everything they teach. Scores are out of 100 — Boston College's 1–5 agreement scale, ×20, the way these numbers were printed for years. Workload is BC's own five-band figure, not a number of hours, and is shown as a rank. A dash means the question was not reported, and is never a zero.